Report: Cuba Accepts US Aid; Castro Denies Report

Briefs: Cuba accepts U.S. aid after Wilma's flooding
WASHINGTON Cuba, whose offer of help was snubbed by Washington after Hurricane Katrina, has for the first time "in memory" accepted U.S. disaster aid, the State Department said on Thursday.

Castro denies accepting U.S. aid
HAVANA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro denied on Thursday that his Communist government had accepted U.S. aid for the first time in the wake of Hurricane Wilma.

Tension: Confused
Gravity: Bogged down

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